Mia Wasikowska plays a teen who finds herself both put off by and attracted to an uncle she never knew existed until after her father died in 'Stoker.'

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Bill Goodykoontz
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Mia Wasikowska doesn't seem like a particularly creepy person in her films, though she does possess a somewhat ethereal quality in things like "Alice in Wonderland" and "Jane Eyre."

But there's no other word for her character, all the other characters and "Stoker" generally. In Chan-wook Park's first English-language film, Wasikowska, 23, plays India, a high-school girl whose father dies on her 18th birthday. Soon an uncle she never knew existed shows up, and she finds herself both put off by and attracted to him.

Wasikowska talked recently about the film and what it was like getting creepy ...